TWO-PRONGED FORK
This two-pronged fork is found useful for pitching hay, fishing, etc.
Stock: 3⁄4 × 1 × 5 ins. long, soft steel.
Directions: Two inches back from the end of the bar punch a small hole in the middle of the iron. (See method of punching). Split the piece with the chisel up to this hole. Open the part split and spread at right angles to the shank. Heat the piece up at the crotch. With a fuller, fuller down to 1⁄2 in. back of the spread arms. Draw the stem out 1⁄2 in. round. Now the fork is blocked out ready for finishing. This is done by following the drawings for the dimensions and size. Notice that the two ends of the fork are drawn out to a sharp round taper. The stem is drawn out to a sharp square taper, which is to be driven into a wood handle.
Fish spear
Fish spear: If this two-pronged fork is meant for a fish spear, used so often in rivers where the current is very swift, the extreme ends are flattened down to a spear point as shown in the drawing.
BOLTS
A bolt consists of a stem and a head. Bolt heads are of all shapes—square, hexagonal, round, flat, etc.—while the stem is always round. As a rule, the thickness of the head equals the thickness of the stem, and the diameter of the head is about 11⁄2 times the thickness of the stem. This proportion is generally kept for square and hexagonal bolts.